Help! Inappropriate/creepy pre-K game UPDATE AT BOTTOM!
I have a concern about a game my son's preschool class (supposedly) plays. He just started a private christian school yesterday & I'm hoping he is explaining the game wrong, but here goes.
He told me they play a "shirt game" (they wear uniform polo shirts) where they all race to see who can take them off the fastest. I asked him about the little girls, and if they have anything underneath. He said "some have skirts" but im assuming he means something else besides "skirt" but he said not all of them do. I was changing his school clothes while this convo was happening, so while I had his shirt off, I asked if he could see there skin on their chest (while pointing at his) and he laughed and said "yea & they can see mine". Now, maybe im crazy...and im really hoping he is explaining wrong bc this is extremely inappropriate!! My husband says that there has to be more to it & that she is probably giving them a diff shirt to use. He's probably (hopefully) right but I still need to get to the bottom of this bc it sounds pretty damn creepy
He told me they play a "shirt game" (they wear uniform polo shirts) where they all race to see who can take them off the fastest. I asked him about the little girls, and if they have anything underneath. He said "some have skirts" but im assuming he means something else besides "skirt" but he said not all of them do. I was changing his school clothes while this convo was happening, so while I had his shirt off, I asked if he could see there skin on their chest (while pointing at his) and he laughed and said "yea & they can see mine". Now, maybe im crazy...and im really hoping he is explaining wrong bc this is extremely inappropriate!! My husband says that there has to be more to it & that she is probably giving them a diff shirt to use. He's probably (hopefully) right but I still need to get to the bottom of this bc it sounds pretty damn creepy
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@steph_due_101611 They do have art smocks, yes but I specificly asked if he uses the shirt he goes to school in
@sehra4177 @wilsomom @lafiitz89 I suppose its possible but according to him, the teacher taught them how to play & watches them
@everyone-else Thankyou for your input. I will get to the bottom of this immediately & give an update tomorrow morning/afternoon
I have heard amazing things about this teacher. She has been there 20yrs & is highly recommended so im pretty sure this isnt true or maybe just a half truth, but regardless, its something that requires a closer look & some investigating. I just cant think of any circumstance in which this would be an appropriate game for children. Definite update somorrow! Thanks ladies
My son had a preschool where they had to change into swim clothes once a week and the teachers "made a game" of getting changed or else the children would play around and take forever. Sometimes the kids would wear swimsuits underneath their clothes and your son's "game" sounds similar. They also had shirts they all changed into if they went for a "field trip" (walk off school grounds) and one for messy play.
But I agree with everyone else, figure out what is going on, there are creepos everywhere!
Okay so this is what I did. When he came home I had a talk with him. He knows that lying is wrong but I really think that he only considered something a lie if I asked him a direct question, like "did you break this" etc. Anyway, he told me that he was "joking" and I explained to him that if he says something about a REAL person that he knows & it isnt the truth, than he is telling a lie. I also explained that children do not take their clothes off at school (unless they have an accident) so the "game" he was "joking" about could have got his teacher in trouble. He really seemed to understand what I was saying so I dropped it. Ill be sure to continue working with him to know the difference between lying & using his imagination to tell stories. Thanks for everyone's help
The way you talked to him should help him.understand that what he did was wrong.